Acupuncturist, Homeopathy, Nutrition Analysis, Advanced Holistic Weight loss
My Journey
At the age of 22, I began to pursue my passion of nurturing the elderly and children with disabilities. I volunteered at Razi Hospital in Tehran, Iran while studying towards my masters degree in Clinical Psychology. For my thesis, I focused on depression in the elderly and implemented Wechsler and DAP tests.
After migrating to Canada in 2000, I began my studies in Sleep Medicine, which is a subsect of psychology. Before long, I was a Registered Sleep Medicine Technologist involved in a vast research project and during this time, I worked 3.5 years with Allide Health Canada for research to approve Xyrem, a medication for Narcolepsy.
I also worked and conducted research in the psychiatric department of “Brain & Sleep Diagnostic Center” and “Appleton Sleep Centre” in Toronto, under the supervision of Dr. Morton Mamelak and the great Dr. Sherwood Appleton, who provided me with invaluable opportunities in the field of Sleep Medicine. Thanks to him, I conducted research on Narcolepsy then Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Working closely with patients and learning about the nuances of these diseases, I searched for various treatments to reduce my patients’ suffering. This is when I discovered Holistic Medicine, namely Homeopathy and amazing Acupuncture, which work beautifully to treat patients holistically and not as a series of generic and fragmented symptoms.
New Learnings
Once in the world of Holistic Medicine, I began to explore various modalities within the discipline and was amazed to see how wonderfully they complimented my work with Sleep Medicine and psychology. While working in sleep medicine, I studied Homeopathy and Acupuncture at the Ontario College of Homeopathic Medicine (OCHM) and Acupuncture at the Canadian College of Holistic Health (CCHH) 2004-2008. Since the regulation of Acupuncture and Homeopathy in Canada (2013), I became a Registered Acupuncturist and Homeopath and have since combined my skills and knowledge to provide Holistic Treatment to all my patients.
As I moved forward and study online to get my (Ph.D) degree in Counseling psychology USA. I tried to improve my background knowledge and intend to do more research in Holistic Healing and Sleep Medicine because I do believe that Mental and emotional issues will cause physical problems. My goal is to help those around me live a happy, safe and healthy life.
My Education and Credentials:
- Honors Bachelor Science & Master's in Clinical Psychology (Iran-Tehran)
- Registered Sleep Medicine Technologist (BRPT & AAST) (2005)
- Homeopathic Medicine (OCHM) Ontario College of Homeopathic Medicine (2008)
- Registered Acupuncturist (CTCMPAO) College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2013)
- Health and continued education form UofT (2012-2016)
- (Ph.D) Counseling psychology online degree 2013. (USA-CA)
Member Activities and Societies:
- Member of CSS, AAST, BRPT, OHA, CCHH ,CMAAC,CTCMPAO
- Canadian sleep society (CSS)
- American Academy of sleep medicine (AASM)
- American Association of Sleep Technologist (AAST)
- Board registered Poloysomnography technologist (BRPT)
- Ontario Homeopathic Association (OHA)
- Canadian College of Holistic Health (CCHH)
- Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Association of Canada (CMAAC)
- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncturist of Ontario (CTCMPAO)
